BlockFry, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Bangs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76801. It stands on Love Branch. The Survey maps it on the Thrifty quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1887 USGS Coleman quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1889 USGS Coleman quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1924 USGS Brownwood Reservoir Site quadrangle1:48000
- 1927 USGS Grosvenor quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1969 USGS Thrifty quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Coleman quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
145 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 145 fires within 5 miles of Fry between 2005 and 2020, burning about 3,020 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 56 |
| Debris and open burning | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 35 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BELFAST (3140) |
| 2 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NEAL DR 7396 |
| 19 September 2007 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE CR 105 |
| 13 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 105 |
| 9 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 14 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Fry: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Brick Co Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | Sedimentary |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackwell Crossing | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Thrifty | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Grosvenor | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Shamrock Shores | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| Lake Shore | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Bangs | 7.9 miles | 14 | |
| Lake Brownwood | 9.3 miles | 17 | |
| Byrds | 9.7 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1377739. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.